mikš

See also: Mikš, miks, and Miks

Livonian

Etymology

An old translative (*miksi) of mi. Compare Estonian miks.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmikʃ/, [ˈmikˑʃ]

Adverb

mikš

  1. why

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “mikš”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Veps

Etymology

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Adverb

mikš

  1. why, because of what, for what reason (interrogative)

Derived terms

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “зачем, отчего, почему”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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